WHAT THE F*CK HAPPENED TO CRYPTO X AI?

Summary from the TLDR Crypto newsletter

The late‑2024 AI‑token frenzy fizzled because ~95 % of “agent” coins and resource networks were speculative vaporware. Most now show abandoned roadmaps, single‑digit TVL, or sub‑$5M caps despite a $10B sector headline. Yet, a latent bid for AI exposure persists, and a handful of private teams are building real, net‑new products that crypto alone can unlock, including synthetic GPU‑backed stables, incentive‑driven data networks, and onchain model access. The next wave must ditch lazy tokenization and instead fuse crypto primitives only where they add irreplaceable value while meeting mainstream users on familiar fronts.